{"id":1511,"date":"2021-10-15T12:55:22","date_gmt":"2021-10-15T12:55:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.zanupfpatriots.com\/?p=1511"},"modified":"2022-04-27T09:46:40","modified_gmt":"2022-04-27T09:46:40","slug":"beitbridge-bulawayo-victoria-falls-highway-project-gets-under-way-another-landmark-delivery-from-president-mnangagwa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.zanupfpatriots.com\/index.php\/2021\/10\/15\/beitbridge-bulawayo-victoria-falls-highway-project-gets-under-way-another-landmark-delivery-from-president-mnangagwa\/","title":{"rendered":"BEITBRIDGE-BULAWAYO-VICTORIA FALLS HIGHWAY PROJECT GETS UNDER WAY; ANOTHER LANDMARK DELIVERY FROM PRESIDENT MNANGAGWA"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><em>Story By Taonga Botolo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Emmerson Mnangagwa is leaving no stone unturned. While, rehabilitation of the nearly 600 kilometer Beitbridge-Harare Highway is almost half way done, another massive road project is set to begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Preparatory works on traffic surveys on the nearly 800 kilometer Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls Highway have gotten underway.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">So far the feasibility study on the rehabilitation and upgrading of the super highway is in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Meanwhile, recruitment of enumerators to carry out the feasilibility studies is also in progress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The enumerators are expected to carry out traffic count exercise which will determine on whether the Highway must be dualised or simply resurfacing as is the case with Beitbridge-Harare project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">South Africa based construction firm Khato Civils and its subsidiary South Zambezi, both owned by billionaire businessman Simbi Phiri, signed a deal in 2019 to rehabilitate both Beitbridge-Bulawayo and Beitbridge-Victoria Falls Highways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The deal will see the two firms and Zimre Holdings carrying out the mega projects in a build, operate and transfer arrangement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">President Mnangagwa&#8217;s government has set aside nearly US$5 billion for construction, rehabilitation and resurfacing of roads in both urban and rural areas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">This is part of Mnangagwa&#8217;s vision to make Zimbabwe a middle income economy by 2030.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The projects currently under way in all the 10 provinces are creating thousands of jobs among the locals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Once completed, Beitbridge-Bulawayo-Victoria Falls will be a strategic corridor between South Africa, Zimbabwe and Zambia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Story By Taonga Botolo President Emmerson Mnangagwa is leaving no stone unturned. 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